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Taiwan Coral Snake
Animalia Elapidae

Taiwan Coral Snake

Sinomicrurus sauteri (Steindachner, 1913)

Sinomicrurus sauteri is a striped oviparous snake found in lower to middle altit…

Swinhoe's Temperate Asian Coralsnake
Animalia Elapidae

Swinhoe's Temperate Asian Coralsnake

Sinomicrurus swinhoei (Van Denburgh, 1912)

Sinomicrurus swinhoei is a small protected rare snake endemic to Taiwan that is …

De Vis' Banded Snake
Animalia Elapidae

De Vis' Banded Snake

Denisonia devisi (Waite & Longman, 1920)

Denisonia devisi, or De Vis' banded snake, is a venomous Australian snake whose …

Collared Whipsnake
Animalia Elapidae

Collared Whipsnake

Demansia torquata (Günther, 1862)

Demansia torquata is a species of collared whip snake with distinctive markings,…

Yellow-faced Whipsnake
Animalia Elapidae

Yellow-faced Whipsnake

Demansia psammophis (Schlegel, 1837)

Demansia psammophis, the yellow-faced whip snake, is an endemic Australian diurn…

Lesser Black Whipsnake
Animalia Elapidae

Lesser Black Whipsnake

Demansia vestigiata (De Vis, 1884)

Demansia vestigiata, the lesser black whipsnake, is a venomous elapid snake foun…

Greater Black Whipsnake
Animalia Elapidae

Greater Black Whipsnake

Demansia papuensis (Macleay, 1877)

Demansia papuensis is a brown to black Australian snake with a spotted tan head …

Golden-crowned Snake
Animalia Elapidae

Golden-crowned Snake

Cacophis squamulosus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

Cacophis squamulosus, the golden-crowned snake, is the largest crowned snake, fo…

Southern Dwarf Crowned Snake
Animalia Elapidae

Southern Dwarf Crowned Snake

Cacophis krefftii Günther, 1863

Cacophis krefftii is a small Australian elapid snake that lives in forests and r…

White-crowned Snake
Animalia Elapidae

White-crowned Snake

Cacophis harriettae Krefft, 1869

Cacophis harriettae is a small Australian elapid snake that lives in moist habit…

Rough-scaled Death Adder
Animalia Elapidae

Rough-scaled Death Adder

Acanthophis rugosus Loveridge, 1948

Acanthophis rugosus, the rough-scaled death adder, is a venomous snake native to…

Northern Death Adder
Animalia Elapidae

Northern Death Adder

Acanthophis praelongus Ramsay, 1877

Acanthophis praelongus, the northern death adder, is a venomous elapid snake fou…

Southern Death Adder
Animalia Elapidae

Southern Death Adder

Acanthophis antarcticus (Shaw, 1802)

Acanthophis antarcticus, the common death adder, is an elapid snake native to Au…

Highlands Copperhead
Animalia Elapidae

Highlands Copperhead

Austrelaps ramsayi (Krefft, 1864)

Austrelaps ramsayi, the highlands copperhead, is a venomous snake found in alpin…

Lowlands Copperhead
Animalia Elapidae

Lowlands Copperhead

Austrelaps superbus (Günther, 1858)

Austrelaps superbus, the lowland copperhead, is a venomous Australian snake foun…

Eastern Bandy Bandy
Animalia Elapidae

Eastern Bandy Bandy

Vermicella annulata (Gray, 1841)

Vermicella annulata, the bandy-bandy, is a distinctively ringed elapid snake fou…

Rough-scaled Snake
Animalia Elapidae

Rough-scaled Snake

Tropidechis carinatus (Krefft, 1863)

Tropidechis carinatus is an Australian snake easily confused with non-venomous k…

Curl Snake
Animalia Elapidae

Curl Snake

Suta suta (Peters, 1863)

Suta suta (curl snake) is a small Australian venomous snake that gives birth to …

Black-naped Hooded Snake
Animalia Elapidae

Black-naped Hooded Snake

Suta dwyeri (Worrell, 1956)

Suta dwyeri is a small secretive nocturnal viviparous snake native to Australia,…

Whip Hooded Snake
Animalia Elapidae

Whip Hooded Snake

Suta flagellum (Mccoy, 1878)

Suta flagellum is a small Australian snake distinguished by an hourglass-shaped …

Gould's Hooded Snake
Animalia Elapidae

Gould's Hooded Snake

Suta gouldii (Gray, 1841)

Suta gouldii is a species that occupies multiple natural habitats and is ovovivi…

Black-backed Hooded Snake
Animalia Elapidae

Black-backed Hooded Snake

Suta nigriceps (Günther, 1863)

Suta nigriceps, the Mallee black-backed snake, is a common viviparous snake foun…

Southern Desert Banded Snake
Animalia Elapidae

Southern Desert Banded Snake

Simoselaps bertholdi (Jan, 1859)

Simoselaps bertholdi is a 30 cm long oviparous snake found across arid inland Au…

Eastern Brown Snake
Animalia Elapidae

Eastern Brown Snake

Pseudonaja textilis (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

Pseudonaja textilis, the eastern brown snake, is a venomous Australian snake wit…